* DawsonCasting: Averted with most of the pre-teen/teenage cast members, the oldest of any of the Powell or Pembroke children in the series (in real life) was Nicole Eggert (born in 1972), who was never more than a year at the very least than her character Jamie.** Played straight with Scott Baio and Willie Aames, who were in their mid-20s (although, it is assumed that Charles and Buddy are supposed to be college freshmen in the first season); the year-and-a-half gap between seasons one and two left Baio and Aames still playing college students (presumably seniors, though the slowed timeline and the lack of mentions of their characters' advancement in school make this unclear) while they were right around 30 in the fifth and final season (both were born in 1960, the series ended in 1991).* DirectedByCastMember: Scott Baio directed 36 episodes, using his full name, Scott Vincent Baio.* HeyItsThatGuy: ** Charles is Scott Baio, also known as [=ChaChi=] from ''Series/HappyDays''. Charles may be in charge, but The Fonz is in charge of Charles.** Buddy is also Series/{{Bibleman}} and [[Series/EightIsEnough Tommy Bradford]].** Creator/MegRyan played a rival that was critical of Charles' child-rearing techniques (while being interviewed for a position in Charles' nanny agency) in "Charles 'R' Us".** The guy who Stan and Jill oh, so mistakenly thought was Lila's date in "The Wrong Guy" was [[Series/{{Friends}} Chandler Bing]].** Creator/PaulWalker and Jerry O'Connell have played the respective love interests of Jamie and Sarah.** Buddy's sister Bunny in "The Buddy System" was [[Series/TheFactsOfLife Natalie]].** Melanie (Jamie, Sarah and Adam's youngest cousin in the episode "Fair Exchange") later became [[Series/TheTorkelsons Dorothy Jane Torkelson]].** [[Series/HappyDays Ralph Malph]] won the lottery instead of Walter (thanks to Charles) in "It's a Blunderfull Life".** [[Series/LeaveItToBeaver Wally Cleaver]] played Adam's music teacher who crashed their house party (and whom Sarah took in, mistakenly believing he was a homeless man, whom he looked a lot like) in "Summer Together, Fall Apart".** Well-known character actor Charles Nelson Reilly played the leader of a religious cult in "Cure for the Common Cult".** Brian Levant directed two episodes. Levant is best known as co-creator and producer of ''Series/MySecretIdentity''.** Bonnie Franklin directed an episode. Franklin is best known for playing Ann Romano on ''Series/OneDayAtATime''.** Dwayne Hickman also directed an episode. Hickman is best known for playing Dobie Gillis on ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis''.** Lee Aronsohn wrote 13 episodes. Aronsohn is best known for co-creating ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''.** Chuck Lorre wrote two episodes. Lorre is best known as creator and executive producer of ''Series/GraceUnderFire'' and ''Series/{{Cybill}}'' and as co-creator and executive producer of ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'', ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', and ''Series/{{Mom}}''.** James Vallely also wrote two episodes. Vallely is best known as co-creator and co-executive producer of ''Series/RunningWilde''.** Al Jean and Mike Reiss wrote an episode. Both are best known as creators and executive producers of ''Series/TeenAngel'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.** Pamela Eells O'Connell also wrote an episode. O'Connell is best known as creator and executive producer of ''Series/{{Jessie}}''.* TheOtherDarrin: Jill Pembroke was originally played by Julie Cobb in the first season, however the role was recast with Lisa Donovan for the character's final appearance in the second season premiere "Amityville" (the first episode of the syndication run). It's odd when you consider that Michael Pearlman reprises his role as Jason Pembroke in that same episode.* RomanceOnTheSet: By most reports, Scott Baio and Nicole Eggert dated towards the end of the show's run (by this point, Eggert was barely a legal adult, although not more than a year or two older than her character Jamie, who was still in high school in the final season).* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the role of Charles was written for Creator/MichaelJFox, who declined. Of course, the producers conveniently forgot that Fox was already playing Alex P. Keaton on ''Series/FamilyTies''.* WrittenByCastMember: Willie Aames wrote two episodes, while Scott Baio wrote an episode.----